Car-brake



(N0 Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l. P. FBLDHAU'S.

GAR BRAKE.

N0. 432,129. Patented July 15,1890.

'WITNESSES I J\f VEJV T OB (N0 Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

F. PELDHAUS. GAR BRAKB.

N0. 432,129. Patented July 15, 1890.

WITJVESSES IN VE.7VTOR NITEI) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED FELDIIAUS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

G A R B R A K E SPE'CIFICA'IION forming pa.rt of Letters Patent N0. 432,129, da.ted Ju1 y 15, 1890.

Application fi1ed April 5 1890. Serial N0. 346644| (N0 mode1.)

T0 all w7wm it mag; concern:

Be it known that I, FRED FELDHAUS, a Citize11 of the United States, residing at Oincinnati, in ohe county of Hamilton and Stace of Ohio, have invented cerain new and usefu1 Improve m ents in Oar-Bx-akes and I do hereby deolme the following so be a fu1l, c1ear, 2u1d exact description of the invention, such es Will enable others ski1led in the a1t to whioh it appertains o0 make and use the same.

My inventiou is an improved car-brake, and is intended especially to preirer'1t backwa1d rnovement 0f eab1e-ears when they have beeh stopped 011 an upgrade.

The inveution consists in an attachment 01' supplemental eheek-block adapted to be used upon the re2u wheels in addit-i0n to ehe ordinary brake-shoes, as Will be hereinafter Set forth. 1

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspeetive view 0f he rear end of a cm with my improved attaehmentapplied th'ereto. Fig. 2 is 21 similar view showing the attaehment es in appears when in use. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a portion of the attachmenl; removed, and Figz 4: is a detail view.

The car A is 0f oho usua1 01 any preferred construetion, and is provided With the ordinzuy carrying-wheels B and brakes C, as olearly shown. 011 the 1'e2u side of the rear platfo1m I provide the horizontal bail 01 sc-mp D, whioh is provided with a series of projeetions 01 teeth E on its inner side, and to the under side of the platform I seeure a b1aoket F. A 1ever G is pivoted ab its lower end r0 the lower end of he saidbraoket and extends up through the bail 01 strap D, as clearly shown. 011 the under side of the car, au 01 nem the side edges of the Same, I seeure the' depending braekets H, in whioh a cmnkshaft I is journaled, said shmt having the substantially semieireular arms I extending remward and downward from its ends. T0 the ends of these arms I, I secure the bloeks J, whieh are wedgeshaped and are adapted so rest upon the traek-rails in rezu* of and adjacent 130 the real car-wheels. A pitn1an 01' 0011- IIGCLiDg-IOCI K ha-s ics front end pivoted t0 the 1ever G and its 1G2Ll end eonnected to Ehe crank-shaft I, and a spring L is arranged between the said orzmk-shaft; and the bottom of the cm, so as to hold the seid shaft nornmlly drawn forward, thus mising the blocks J f ro1h the rails, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

The construction and mrangement 0f the severa1 parts of my deviee being thus made known, the operation and advantages of the Same Will, it is thought, be readily understood. WVhen the cm is in motion, the check-hlooks J are he1d up from the track-rails by the aeion 0f the spring L, as above stated, zmd as Will be readily understood upon reference to the drawings. WVhen the cm stops, the brake is applied in the usua1 manner, and the 0011- ductor presses the 1ever G rearward, thereby throwing the eheok-blocks J down upon the trackrails and against the cmr-wheels, as shown in Fig. 2. IVhen the several parts me thus arranged, if the ear-wheels should Slip under the brake-shoes and the cm tend 130 move baekwaurd, owing to the grade upon which it is stopped, the rea1 wheels Will be made t0 rise slightly by the check-blocks, und the said blocks Will thus be firhxly wedged between the track and the whee1s, so thah the am Will be effeotuall y held ab the point where it: is stopped, the teeth 0r projections E preventing the lever prenmturely springing forward, so tha1; the checkingaction 0f theblocks is assured.

IWIy improved devioe 1's ve1*y simple in its eonstruction, and can be manufactured and applied so a cm ata small cost.

The seveml parts of he deviee are all beneath the O2Ll, so that they II'G out of t-he way, and he device operates positively and rapidly, so (hat the danger of the cmrunning away is obviat-ed.

IIzwing thus described my invention, what I c1aim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A car-br'ake oonsisting of the crank-sh af 13 I, mouuted on ehe under side of the cm, the spving L, secured to the said shaft and the GEH, the check-blocks J, carried by the seid shaft, the bail 01 stmp D 011 Ehe car-phmtform having the teeth or projeetions E, the lever G, playing in said bail, and the pitman K, 0011- ueeting the seid lever with the emnk-shaft, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED FELDHAUS.

Witnesses:

DAVID Boss, W. T. PORTER. 

